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Subject: How often did a contestant change their preliminary gown to a different gown for finals? Was that only during the years when the top ten went right into evening gown competition? Author: d... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 03:32:57 10/15/24 Tue Author Host/IP: 75.97.137.92.res-cmts.sewb.ptd.net/75.97.137.92 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Last year contestants were told that they had to wear the same gown for prelims and finals, no gown change allowed. (NT) No name (69-109-224-57.lightspeed.okcbok.sbcglobal.net/69.109.224.57) 15:20:48 10/16/24 Wed Allegedly, Leanza Cornett wore a white evening gown her pageant committee demanded she wear for the preliminaries. She hated that gown, she didn't feel confident in it. When she told them she wanted to wear the yellow gown if she made the top ten, again, they put their foot down and said "no". So backstage, Leanza purposely disabled the zipper on the white gown, so she could not wear it. She wore the yellow gown, and became the first Miss Florida to win Miss America. (NT) No name (syn-071-073-192-044.res.spectrum.com/71.73.192.44) 18:14:46 10/17/24 Thu Actually, it was a red gown (also by Stephen Yearick) that Leanza purposedly disabled. The white gown you reference she was crowned in, as all the contestants wore white in the closing number. She borrowed the white gown and long gloves from a friend. But otherwise, you're right. (NT) -- No name, 18:32:20 10/17/24 Thu (c-76-31-134-123.hsd1.tx.comcast.net/76.31.134.123) Well at 6:40 she is wearing a white gown during evening gown preliminaries. I was always told it was her white gown from state. There are photos of her wearing the red gown with her Miss A crown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkkA2PMmUG8&t=403s -- No name, 15:04:39 10/18/24 Fri (c-73-98-223-111.hsd1.ut.comcast.net/73.98.223.111) Leanza had two white gowns. One was her preliminary competition gown. The other was the borrowed gown (with gloves) which she wore for the all-white finale and crowning. (NT) -- No name, 10:42:49 10/19/24 Sat (syn-065-024-160-016.res.spectrum.com/65.24.160.16) Her talent gown was also white. Make that three. (NT) -- No name, 10:48:07 10/19/24 Sat (syn-065-024-160-016.res.spectrum.com/65.24.160.16) Likewise, her talent gown looks white on YouTube but I swear to you that it was NOT white: I would say yellow, perhaps tan. It's wild how these old videos make so many gowns look white. Can any other old-timers confirm this? Thanks! (NT) -- No name, 00:12:37 10/20/24 Sun (NoHost/50.249.76.118) I thought her competition evening gown was pink; not white? Regardless, she cut the zipper and wore the yellow one on Saturday night. (NT) -- No name, 19:20:04 10/19/24 Sat (c-98-220-13-180.hsd1.il.comcast.net/98.220.13.180) I think it was pink. Just looks white on YouTube. (NT) -- No name, 19:32:20 10/19/24 Sat (syn-065-024-160-016.res.spectrum.com/65.24.160.16) It was indeed a peach/blush/pink gown, strapless with a full skirt. Pretty gown, but didn’t make the impression that the yellow gown did. (NT) -- No name, 04:44:44 10/20/24 Sun (c-73-152-66-197.hsd1.va.comcast.net/73.152.66.197) At Miss Universe 1998, Miss USA's Shawne Jebbia wore another contestants' gown. It was yellow, but I don't remember who that contestant was. (NT) No name (d-75-118-29-160.oh.cpe.breezeline.net/75.118.29.160) 19:57:53 10/17/24 Thu The white gown Shawnae Jebbia wore during the Miss Universe gown video (coming up the escalator) was worn by Andrea Roche Miss Ireland during prelims. Shawnae wore the same yellow gown for Universe prelims and finals. (NT) -- VE, 23:16:50 10/17/24 Thu (30.indianapolis-11rh16rt.in.dial-access.att.net/12.74.55.30) Bob Mackie No name (syn-068-202-059-035.res.spectrum.com/68.202.59.35) 20:01:27 10/17/24 Thu anza wore a Bob Mackie Chiffon Gown for Prelims and changed into her yellow for Finals. She disabled the zipper on her BM Gown! She wore the red Stephen Yearick Gown for her Coronation after the Pageant! Ironically, Leanza forgot her Aids Awareness red ribbon on Prelims Night but had it on proudly for Finals! (NT) -- No name, 21:52:49 10/17/24 Thu (syn-068-202-059-035.res.spectrum.com/68.202.59.35) Robin Meade, Miss Ohio 1992, also changed her gown from prelims to finals…same year as Leanza. (NT) -- No name, 10:22:01 10/19/24 Sat (NoHost/172.59.219.41) I once read maybe on TFTJ back in the day that Robyn M’s white leather gown was not approved to be worn on the broadcast by TV directors, hence the change. Leanza’s ribbon/no ribbon could have been strategic—preliminary judges were often more conservative. (NT) -- No name, 09:20:47 10/20/24 Sun (ip68-99-30-158.om.om.cox.net/68.99.30.158)